Fans criticize the company for prioritizing the new girl group, KiiiKiii over IVE, mismanaging their career, and rushing damage control.
Fans believe that KiiiKiii’s debut exposes how Starship mishandled IVE, prioritizing the new group at the expense of IVE’s career. They argue that the company cut IVE’s promotions, withheld quality songs, and forced them into an exhausting 11-month world tour while neglecting overseas promotions to maximize profits for the rookies.
Many speculate that IVE’s sudden mismanagement in late 2023 was due to Starship rushing KiiiKiii’s debut to early 2025 instead of 2026, as originally planned. Evidence of this, they claim, can be seen in the company’s trademark registration in mid-2024, proving that plans had been in place long before.
To avoid backlash, Starship later attempted last-minute damage control by claiming to have three separate management divisions, but fans see this as an insincere move to cover up their decisions.
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- The ones who made all the money get a budget-friendly concept photoshoot in Daegwallyeong ㅋㅋㅋ while the ones spending that money get a full-location music video in New Zealand ㅋㅋㅋㅋ those Starship fools ㅎㅎ
- A mid-tier company like Starship made money off IVE and now thinks their success was all because of them, letting their ego inflate. Now it’s clear why IVE’s first tour even went to Europe and South America – it was all about funding their new group. But seriously, does it make any sense to debut a boy group, let alone another girl group, when IVE is only in their third year?
- The worst part, they never even bothered to make a proper website for IVE? But now they’re using IVE’s money to boost KiiiKiii instead ~~ Starship just can’t help themselves.
- IVE brought in so much money, yet things kept getting worse – turns out the money, attention, staff, and even the good songs were all going elsewhere ㅋㅋ